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| {{retitle|''Doctor Who Magazine'' (in-universe)}} | | {{Merge|Doctor Who Magazine (in-universe)|they're the same thing}} |
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| | In a [[Parallel universe (TV Action!)|parallel universe]] in which [[the Doctor]]'s [[N-Space|universe]] existed only as part of a [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] [[television]] series called ''[[Doctor Who (TV Action!)|Doctor Who]]'', the [[Eighth Doctor]] discovered the nature of this [[universe]] when he found the [[DWM 1 (TV Action!)|first issue]] of '''''Doctor Who Weekly''''' on [[12 October]] [[1979]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'') |
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| |aka = ''Doctor Who Weekly'', ''DWM''
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| |made by = Marvel Comics Group
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| |type = Magazine
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| |first = A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 1 short story) {{!}} ''A Letter from the Doctor 1''
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| |appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[What If? (feature)|What If?]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[A letter from the Master (short story)|A letter from the Master]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)|The Secret Diary of the Master]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[Home Assistant (webcast)|Home Assistant]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]''}}
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| {{You may|Doctor Who Magazine|n1=the real world magazine|Doctor Who Magazine (The Thief of Sherwood)|n2=the magazine from Godfrey Porter's world}}
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| '''''Doctor Who Weekly''''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 1 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 1]]'') later named '''''Doctor Who Magazine''''' and also abbreviated to '''''DWM''''', was a "[[magazine|tawdry periodical]]" that celebrated the ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]'' series, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'') or, as {{Delgado}} claimed, about himself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A letter from the Master (short story)|A letter from the Master]]'')
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| The magazine was published by [[Marvel Comics Group|Marvel Comics]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 1 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 1]]'') The publication also had a [[comic strip]] by [[2013]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'')
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| == History ==
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| The [[Fourth Doctor]] once wrote and dispatched [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)#The Fourth Doctor's letters|two letters]] at a [[post office, Ganymede|post office]] on [[Ganymede]] on [[42 Paztenmber]], relative to [[1845]] "[[Earth]]-[[time]]", as the Doctor wanted to ensure his letters arrived in time to be printed in the [[Doctor Who Weekly Issue 1|first issue]] of ''Doctor Who Weekly''. In the first letter, the Doctor talked about several features in the magazine and recommended the [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 879|879<sup>th</sup> issue]], and in the second letter, the Doctor explained how to use the [[rub-down action transfers]] included in the 1<sup>st</sup>, [[Doctor Who Weekly Issue 2|2<sup>nd</sup>]], [[Doctor Who Weekly Issue 3|3<sup>rd</sup>]], and [[Doctor Who Weekly Issue 4|4<sup>th</sup>]] issues on two colour [[Panorama|panoramas]] illustrated by [[Dave Gibbons (A Letter from the Doctor)|Dave Gibbons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 1 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 1]]'')
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| The [[editorial team]] was [[disintegration|disintegrated]] by {{Delgado}} after they asked him to write an introduction to the magazine. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A letter from the Master (short story)|A letter from the Master]]'')
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| In [[2013]], [[Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|Peter Capaldi]] (who had been recently cast as the [[Twelfth Doctor#Legacy|Twelfth Doctor]]) wrote [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)#Peter Capaldi's letters|a letter]] to DWM, and he wrote about how good DWM had been to him thoughout his life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'')
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| DWM intercepted and published an email sent on [[8 November]] [[2014]] by [[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] [[Malcolm Taylor]] on the subject of the discovery of the [[Masterplan Journal]], seemingly discarded by {{Gomez}} shortly after her apparent death at the hand of the [[Cyber-conversion|cyber-converted]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], and which was therefore evidence of her survival. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)|The Secret Diary of the Master]]'')
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| [[File:Doctor Who Magazine (magazine).jpg|thumb|left|The ''Doctor Who Magazine'' logo on Osgood's desktop. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')]] | |
| On [[29 April]], [[2016]], Peter Capaldi was requested to write a [[letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|letter]] for the [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 500|500<sup>th</sup>]], as well as either the [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 1000|1,000<sup>th</sup>]] or [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 100000|100,000<sup>th</sup>]] issue, but the actor couldn't remember which.
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| In his letter, he wrote about how he was proud about the magazine and how it inspired fans to "[[writing|write]] their own [[Story|stories]], [[drawing|draw]] their own [[picture]]s, and make their own [[music]] and [[film]]s". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'')
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| In the [[21st century]], [[Louise Jameson (Home Assistant)|Louise Jameson]] once had a couple of issues of DWM on her table in [[Louise Jameson's home|her garden]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Home Assistant (webcast)|Home Assistant]]'')
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| On [[10 May]] [[2020]], a desktop icon for "DWM" was seen on [[Petronella Osgood]]'s laptop. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')
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| == Other realities ==
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| There also existed a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in [[Godfrey Porter's universe|a universe]] where [[the Doctor]] was [[Doctor Who (Godfrey Porter's World)|entirely fictional]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'') ''[[Doctor Who Weekly (TV Action!)|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' also existed in a [[Parallel universe (TV Action!)|meta-fiction universe]] where the adventures of the Doctor were [[Doctor Who (TV Action!)|also fictional]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'')
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| In [[parallel universe (What If?)|a parallel universe]], the cover of [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 165 (in-universe)|issue 165]] of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' featured the announcement that [[Richard Griffiths (in-universe)|Richard Griffiths]] had been cast as the [[Eighth Doctor (What If?)|Eighth Doctor]], an interview with [[Nicola Bryant (in-universe)|Nicola Bryant]], a preview of ''[[Alixion (in-universe)|Alixion]]'', and a [[competition]] to win a [[VHS|video]] of ''[[The Curse of Fenric (in-universe)|The Curse of Fenric]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What If? (feature)|What If?]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| This is clearly a reference to the real world [[Doctor Who Magazine|magazine]], referencing [[w:c:logos:Doctor_Who_Magazine|logos used in the 90s]] (note that colour might change with each issue, so while the particular colours shown here might not be present in one version of the logo, that doesn't preclude them from being present in another).
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